About ByteXL
ByteXL is an ed-tech skilling platform serving 32 colleges across India, backed by Susan Dell Foundation. Their mission: move students from theoretical knowledge to job-ready skills.
The challenge? They'd built their entire platform with limited design bandwidth. As a result the UX design debt kept on building up.
The Problem
Engineering teams build for functionality. Students need simplicity.
When Product Lead Raghavan Ag joined ByteXL, he found a platform that worked perfectly—for developers. For the thousands of students and educators using it daily? Not so much.
"The product was completely built with limited design bandwidth.You build a system for a driver, not for the mechanic.”
— Raghavan Ag, Product Lead at ByteXL
Limited design standards. No consistency across features. And most critically — no way to validate UX decisions before building them.
The Figr Solution
ByteXL needed more than mockups. They needed a design software that could:
- Understand their education context instantly
- Generate multiple solutions per problem
- Deliver production-ready designs at engineering pace
- Work with an existing design system
Figr's AI became their instant design team.
How It Works
From Problem to Design Solutions in Hours
Traditional flow: Brief → Wait days → One design → Feedback → Iterations → More waiting
With Figr: Brief → Multiple variations same day → Pick winner → Ship
"One of the biggest benefits is the way Figr is able to come out with multiple variations. When I think of a problem, I already have a solution in mind. Figr brings the perspective of having multiple possible solutions."
Validation Before Code
ByteXL now tests with real UX designs, not static documents.
"It's that much easier to get feedback with a prototype than with a document. And that much cheaper to get it with designs than with the end product."
The result? They catch UX issues before writing code. Stakeholders see what they're actually approving. Students test real interactions.
Impact & Results
Two Critical Features Delivered
Student Profile System
- Shipped in under 30 days
- Full responsive design
- Consistent with platform patterns
Educator Progress Dashboard
- Complex data visualization solved
- Educator-first workflow design
- Zero post-launch UX tickets
Process Transformation
Before Figr:
- Engineering converts requirements to UI
- Single solution approach
- Document-based reviews
- UX fixes after deployment
After Figr:
- Design-first for every feature
- Multiple variations explored
- Prototype-based testing
- Problems solved pre-build
The Metrics That Matter
- 0 → 1: From zero design capability to standardized design process
- Days → Hours: Stakeholder feedback turnaround time
- 2 major features: Shipped with full design coverage in just the first month
- 50+ colleges: Now experiencing consistent, thoughtful UX
Why Figr Works for ByteXL
"Figr is not just another design tool. You have intelligence to understand the product first. Figr is not just converting requirements into screens, it thinks through and apply principles to solve the problem."
The key differentiator: Figr understands ByteXL's context once and applies it forever.
No repeated briefs about their education platform.
No explaining their user types again.
No re-establishing design principles.
Just consistent, contextual design at the speed of product development.
Looking Forward
ByteXL is rolling out job-ready programs in UI/UX and testing. Every feature will now follow their new design-first approach.
As Raghavan puts it:
"I'm standardizing and bringing in the design element into everything we build. And Figr is playing an important part in it.”